relationships

How do you overcome the tension between autonomy and solidarity?

When you stop predicting the future and comparing the present to the past, you can reach a beneficial flow state.

If you’re right all the time, you’re probably doing something wrong.

Couples that handle sexual rejection well can improve their relationship, but persistent or hostile patterns of rejection are never healthy.

If you feel like you’re on a hamster wheel in life, it might be time for a powershift.

How can you give and receive more productive feedback? Form a psychological contract with a trusted partner.

Taking time for thoughtful consideration has fallen out of fashion, writes Emily Chamlee-Wright. How can we restore good faith and good judgement to our increasingly polarized conversations?

Creating a healthy, cohesive work environment leads to better productivity.

An inside look at common relationship problems that link to how we were raised.

Sometimes, the more understated you are, the more positively you’ll be received.

Social distancing won’t be easy, but science shows us how to make it more manageable.

We as a society need to rethink the way we value careers over everything else.

Disagreements should not equal censorship.

When setting the standards and expectations for others, first take responsibility for your own.

Studies have shown that dominant sexual activity can often boost your work ethic several days after a sexual experience.

More frequent sex has been linked with higher income rates, according to a 2013 study.

“One way the internet distorts our picture of ourselves is by feeding the human tendency to overestimate our knowledge of how the world works,” writes philosophy professor Michael Patrick Lynch.

Loneliness may change how our body responds to stress.

Childhood is an important developmental feature of being human. Helicopter parenting disrupts that.

These people had no access to magazines and, generally, no access to the internet.

The path to sobriety isn’t one that can be traveled alone, studies suggest.

It’s possible to seek equality without seeking sameness.

A study reveals these brains exhibit less cortical surface area and gray matter.

It’s estimated that $68 trillion will pass down from Boomers to millennials. Here’s how ultra-rich families can do the most amount of good with what they inherit.

Is there a way for more human-centered algorithms to prevent potentially triggering interactions on social media?

Infidelity, an inherently selfish behavior, has been analyzed by researchers to help us understand why people cheat in relationships.

One in five people have ended sex because of bad bedroom talk. Here’s the data and science on how to do it right.

Are you and your partner happy with your sex life?

They can be signs of how people feel in their relationship – and may send an important message to potential rivals.

How to actually help a person who’s ill? Don’t be afraid to be funny, says Jeannie Gaffigan.